swimmermom3 Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 What things have you done for high school history that you feel have added depth and value to your studies. What stands out in your mind as a successful "Ah ha!" moment? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPan Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Well how deep do you want to go?? I let dd toss things last year and pursue an interest in the Holocaust. She did interviews, visited centers, etc. etc. Just depends on what you want to do and for how long and how much the student might take it over. Btw, you had been talking about evals and I lost track. Did those ever happen? How did they go? Maybe that person had some suggestions on how to approach this? Ours basically said let her go farther and farther into unit studies and interest-driven, the farther the better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PinkyandtheBrains. Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Volunteering for historical reenactment programs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmos Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 It sounds lame, but in our house it's dinner table discussions. Dh is a history buff and can add a lot of perspective to whatever we're learning about, and sometimes we end up talking for a long time. An hour later, the table is piled with atlases and reference books and the dishes still aren't done. But it's fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muttichen Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 National History Day! www.nhd,org Students really dig into primary sources, conduct interviews, etc. and put together a website, paper, exhibit, documentary, or performance. It's especially fun to get some friends together to do a group project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g1234 Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Stanford History Education Group's free document-centered lessons: http://sheg.stanford.edu/rlh We had a great time with these last year, and will be doing more of them next year, and probably every year. They pose an interesting historical question with no single easy answer and give you some well-selected historical documents to read. Then you come to your own conclusions. Just like a real historian! My kids and I remember the smallest details about the lessons we did. It's a fun, challenging way to go deep, and all the work of organizing lessons and choosing documents has been done for you. It's open-and-go. One of the best things we've ever done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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